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Old Dec 19, 2014, 03:33 AM
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Originally Posted by fraidykat View Post
Believe ME I understand your pain...but think about how far public awareness of mental health related problems have come in recent years *not to mention how much more aware the world needs to become * Then think of 40+ years ago, and what your parents must have thought. Without a physical, obvious illness ~ they could probably only 'assume' their child was 'shy' and would 'grow out of it'. I hadn't heard of even Social Anxiety until probably 15 years ago ~ and AvPD approx. 3 months ago!
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So true... great piece of advice fraidy :-)
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It’s never alright. It comes and it goes.
It’s always around, even when it don’t show.
They say it gets better. well I guess that it might.
But even when it’s better, it’s never alright.